About Cross Plains, Texas

Cross Plains is a small town in southeastern Callahan County. Earlier called Turkey Creek and Schleicher, the community received its present name when a post office opened in 1877. Its history includes agricultural trade, an oil boom, author Robert E. Howard, and a destructive wildfire in 2005.

  • Early GrowthCross Plains grew from 25 residents in 1880 to 175 by 1885.
  • Rail and OilThe Texas Central Railroad arrived in 1912, and oil discoveries near Pioneer and neighboring fields prompted a boom in 1925.
  • Howard's HomeAuthor Robert E. Howard lived in Cross Plains from 1919 until his death in 1936, and his former home is now a museum.
  • 2005 WildfireA wildfire on December 27, 2005, burned about 7,600 acres, destroyed 116 homes, and claimed two lives.
  • 2020 PopulationThe 2020 census recorded 899 residents, compared with 982 in 2010.

Find your street

Names on the Cross Plains map

Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.

Places and landmarks2

  • City Park
  • Cross Plains Memorial Park

Streets and roads112

  • North Main Street
  • South Main Street
  • South West Fifth Street
  • Southwest Fifth Street
  • Main Street
  • East Fourth Street
  • South East Fifth Street
  • Southeast Fifth Street
  • East First Street
  • East Eighth Street
  • Cypress Street
  • Ranch Road 374
  • South East First Street
  • Foster Bond Street
  • West First Street
  • South West First Street
  • West Eighth Street
  • North Beech Street
  • Twelfth Street
  • Chestnut Street
  • Beech Street
  • East Tenth Street
  • North East Third Street
  • Fisher Street
  • South West Fourth Street
  • Northwest Fifth Street
  • Southwest Fourth Street
  • North East Ninth Street
  • East 16th Street
  • Northeast Third Street
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  • East Twelfth Street
  • North East Fifth Street
  • Northeast Fifth Street
  • Northeast Seventh Street
  • Ranch Road 880
  • South West Eighth Street
  • Southwest Eighth Street
  • West Cypress Street
  • East Seventh Street
  • East 14th Street
  • Foster Bond
  • North Apple Street
  • Northwest Second Street
  • West Ninth Street
  • East Third Street
  • East Sixth Street
  • East 13th Street
  • North East Sixth Street
  • Northeast Sixth Street
  • Avenue East
  • North Avenue East
  • Liveoak Street
  • East Eleventh Street
  • North East Fourth Street
  • Northeast Fourth Street
  • South Avenue East
  • East Ninth Street
  • Northeast Second Street
  • West Eleventh Street
  • North West Fourth Street
  • North West Third Street
  • West Tenth Street
  • East Second Street
  • Southeast Second Street
  • North East Second Street
  • Coffman Street
  • Southeast Third Street
  • FM 880
  • Edgewood Drive
  • Southeast Fourth Street
  • Fifth Street
  • North Coffman Street
  • South West Third Street
  • South West Second Street
  • Southwest Second Street
  • Farmer Street
  • North West Second Street
  • George Scott Street
  • North West Fifth Street
  • South Beech Street
  • North West Eighth Street
  • West 15th Street
  • Northwest Ninth Street
  • North West Seventh Street
  • West 14th Street
  • North West Sixth Street
  • West 13th Street
  • Tom Bryant Street
  • East 15th Street
  • Comal Street
  • South West Sixth Street
  • South Coffman Street
  • Apple Street
  • Ray Smith Avenue
  • Fred Tunnell Street
  • Mesquite Street
  • Pecan Street
  • North East First Street
  • Southeast Sixth Street
  • Northwest Fourth Street
  • Southwest Third Street
  • Northeast Ninth Street
  • Northwest Third Street
  • South Apple Street
  • West Twelfth Street
  • West 16th Street
  • North East Eighth Street
  • East Cypress Street
  • Southwest Sixth Street
  • South West Seventh Street
  • Southwest Seventh Street
  • FM 880 South

Names are listed as they appear on the printed map. Zoom into the product photos to find them.

The art of mapping a place

How This Map Was Made

Real places. Remarkable detail. Discover the layers that turn geographic data into a map of home.

  1. Aerial imagery of Mendon, Massachusetts, from the USDA NAIP program

    The view from above

    Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.

  2. USGS elevation data rendered as shaded relief of Mendon, Massachusetts

    The shape of the land

    Elevation data brings hills, valleys, and subtle changes in the landscape into view.

  3. Closeup of roads, waterways, and buildings on the Mendon, Massachusetts map

    The details of home

    Roads, waterways, and building footprints come together to make the map feel unmistakably local.

  4. Finished Mendon, Massachusetts map shown in a black frame

    Geography becomes art

    Considered color, shading, and typography bring the layers together in a map made for your wall.

Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.

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